Package-tie.



Z. L. DUGHENE.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 20, 1912.

1,090,696. Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

| *4 g 2 l l I l l i l i i g E 12 I i 12: z l l I f i WITNESSES INVENTOR Allarney ZEPI-IIRE L. DUOHENE, OF KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 17, 19141:.

Application filed November 20, 1912. Serial No. 732,575.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZEPHIRE L. DUCI-IENE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iiankakee, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The device which is the subject of the present invention is designed for tying letters and other mail matter in a bundle or package, although it is not limited to such use but may be employed for tying other articles. Y

Mail matter despatched from a post oifice is usually made up into bundles which are tied by twine, which latter is cut and thrown away when the bundles reach their destination. This results in a waste of twine which is a great expense. 7

The present invention has for its object to provide a tie device which can be quickly applied or removed, and used over and over again, and which will securely tie the bundles without liability 'or danger of the same becoming untied. These objects are attained by a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the de vice. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of a fragment of the device. Fig. 1 is a crosssection on the line 4:4: of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the device comprises a base plate 10 carrying a spring-roller 11 to which are attached two tapes 12 which are adapted to be passed around the bundle and made fast as will be presently described. The tapes may be of steel. Two opposite edges of the base plate are curled over downward to form beads 13 and l-it, respectively, which are on the bottom of the plate and serve to space the plate from the table or other support on which it may be placed. The bead 13 also serves as a housing inclosing the spring-roller 11, and in the wall of said bead are apertures 15 through which the tapes 12 pass. In the said head are mounted bearings 16 in which the trunnions of the spring-roller are mounted. The free ends of the tapes 12 are connected by a cross-bar 17 having midway between its ends a perforation 18 which is adapted to be entered by a headed pin 19 carried by and prO ecting from the side of the bead 14:. The cross-bar also serves to prevent the tapes from being drawn entirely into the bead 13.

In operation, the letters or other mail matters are made up into a bundle and placed on the plate 10. The tapes 12 are then drawn out a suflicient distance so that they may be stretched across the top of the bundle, and made fast by means of the pin 19. The spring-roller 11 keeps a sufficient tension on the tapes to hold them tightly drawn across the bundle, and the latter is thus securely tied without danger of becoming undone. To untie the bundle it is necessary only to disengage the cross-bar 17 from the pin 19, whereupon the tapes 12 are automatically wound back on the spring-roller, and the device is again ready for use.

It will be evident from the foregoing that bundles may be rapidly tied and untied by the device, without the use of twine, whereby a considerable saving of time and the eX- pense of twine is effected.

The device is simple and durable, and it can therefore be repeatedly used so that the only expense is the first cost.

The drawing shows two tapes but if necessary additional tapes may be added.

I claim:

A package tie comprising a base plate having opposite edges bent around and downward to form beads, oneof said beads forming a housing, bearings in saidhousing, a spring-roller located in said housing and supported by the aforesaid bearings, said housing having top apertures, a fastener mounted on the outside of the other bead, tapes connected to the spring-roller and passing through the aforesaid apertures, and a cross-bar connecting the free ends of the tapes and adapted to be engaged by the aforesaid fastener.

In testimony whereof I alliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ZEPHIRE L. DUGHENE.

Witnesses MARGARET Game, A. OKEMAR SAVARY.

Copiea 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patcnta, Washington, D. C. 

